Native Americans who first settled in this region found the bay to be a small natural resource for hunting and gathering their provisions and for the establishment of many small villages. Collectively, these early Native Americans were known as the Ohlonehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohlone_people), and the language they spoke belonged to the Miwok family. Their trade patterns included places as far away as Baja California, the Mojave Desert and Yosemite.

1849 saw San Francisco become the center of the maritime industry, bringing people and goods from the world over to satisfy the needs and desires of the California Argonauts, the California 49ers as they were called, those hundreds of thousands of persons travelling from the four corners of the world to get rich on California’s newfound gold. Thousands of stories emerge telling of the exploits, hardships, dreams, and lives of the peoples from this dramatic event.

Today, San Francisco is known for a huge variety of attractions and history: the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco Bay and the famous Golden Gate Bridge, Sausalito, hilly landscape, cable cars, Victorian houses, infamous Alcatraz, culture, restaurants, and people from all over the world.http://www.sanfrancisco.travel.

After your adventures in this beautiful city, drive just a couple of hours away for an adventure on some of the best California white water rafting in the United States.